CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 31, 23 August 1888, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

_♦ By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright I PEK UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION, f'■ < London. August 20 \ Admiral Tryon has expressed himself V favourable to a scheme for the expendi- | ture of ten millions over a period of five ' years in the purchase of fifteen ironclads ! and thirteen torpedo boats. ! MrW.L Rees, who, with Wi Pere, ' ;is petitioning Parliament for assistance I :in carrying out his scheme for the eolo- * j nisation of the East Coast district of * ' New Zealand, has been recommended by 1 the Marquis of Lot bin n to await the ! report of the Committee appointed by ] ; Government to inquire into the best ] ' means of promoting State colonisation, ' to whom the petition will probably be ' referred. ' The Imperial Institute is inviting the ' Chambers of Commerce and the trade j societies to confer on matters relating, to ' commercial intelligence. It is proposed ] to publish a monthly magazine, with oc- .! casxionally a special circular, giving mail ' and telegraphic reports on commercial j matters from all parts of the Empire. At the inquest on the body of Dr ' Ridley, medical officer of Tullumore Gaol. ' The evidence went to show that deceased j feared disclosures regarding his treats ment of Mr Maudevilie, as it was said that Dr Ilidley acted as he did toward Mr Mandeviile from instructions given to him officially, and contrary to his own humane ideas. Paris, August 19. The labour strikes have ended owing to a want of funds. Fbankfobt, August 19. The Emperor William is now on a Visit to this city, and in the course of an address said the preseat relations be« tween Germany and France "gave cause for uneasiness. He denied that his father, the late Emperor Frederick had ever been favourable to the surrender of Alsace and Lorraine to France. Capetown, August 18. Sailed— Kaikoura for New _.ealaud, Durban, August 19. Messengers from Ceza report that the Usutus are returning to their kraals, and that the country is now much quieter.